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Willow Glen Holiday Lights "Light-O" & Potluck Social

Date: (Sat.) Dec. 21, 2024
Location: San Jose, CA
Event Director: - 650.302.4835
Course Setters: Brad Wetmore, Jeff Lanam
Type: C; Evening Score-O course to enjoy the neighborhood holiday lights, followed by a potluck social & awarding of the 2024 BAOC Service Award

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Event Write-Up

By Nancy Lindeman and Brad Wetmore

Despite the very light mist that continued for most of the event, that didn't keep anyone away. Over 110 maps were handed out to about 130 participants.

Congratulations to Johanna & Tapio Karras for coming out on top of the 60-minute category and to Jason Reed in the 90-minute category.

Many people stayed to socialize and enjoy the hot apple cider and potluck after the courses closed.

Also, our heartfelt congratulations to Graham Brew for winning the 2024 BAOC Service Award. Thanks for all you have done for the club.

And many thanks to all those who helped put on this year's Willow Glen Holiday Lights event:

Thanks to all who came out and joined us for our 14th annual event. Hope to see you next year!

The full results are below.

Nancy, Brad, & Jeff




Results

Willow Glen Holiday Lights "Light-O" & Potluck Social

San Jose, CA
Saturday, December 21, 2024

60-Minute Category   90-Minute Category


Thanks for your patience, everyone. The results of the Holiday Light-O are below. Thanks to Brad Wetmore for course setting with me, and for doing the printing. Thanks to Nancy Lindeman for organizing the event. Thanks to all the helpers and everyone for coming. We had something like 130 participants in 46 groups.

A few groups planned to do 60 minutes, but returned late enough that they would have lost a lot of points, so they were moved to the 90-minute category. One "90-minute" group got in early, so I put them in the 60-minute category.

We had a couple of issues. The big one was number 25, where the subjects of the decorations were missing. There was supposed to be a pair of flamingos in holiday attire on the sides of the gate. They were there when Brad vetted the controls I set (see the image below). You got credit if you visited and marked anything on the sheet. The second problem was number 5, where you had to count the candy canes lining the walkway. The house at 1137 Settle had 6 candy canes, which was the expected answer. However, next door at 1157, there were more than 12 candy canes and they were lit up. The house number on the curb was damaged, and the 5 looked like a 3. So, if you marked 12, I gave you credit.

Control 10 with flamingos(click on image to enlarge)
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Control 10 with flamingos
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Let me know if there are any questions (or errors 🙁).

(Note: When there was a tie on Scores, the Times determined the order.)

Jeff Lanam ()


60-Minute Category 
                                                              Error    Late
   Pl  Name(s)                       Score   Time    Points  Penalty  Penalty
    1  Johanna & Tapio Karras         300    59:10    300                     
    2  Rex                            270    58:40    270
    3  Kat                            160    58:41    160
    4  Team Wedig                     150    56:32    150
    5  Harry & Thomas                 140    59:09    140
    6  Strike Force                   130    60:15    140               -10
    7  David & Sophia                 120    52:10    120
    8  The Fake Christmas Trees       120    58:50    120
    9  Avery Chen, Callie Rosenzweig  120    61:04    140               -20
   10  Team Dum Dum                   100    59:57    100
   11  Dancers                         90    57:15     90
   12  Michele, Dan, & Ben Conway      80    60:18     90
   13  Maclea & Lee                    80    60:50     90               -10
   14  Koopa Collective                50    45:22     50

90-Minute Category 
                                                              Error    Late
   Pl  Name(s)                       Score   Time    Points  Penalty  Penalty
    1  Jason Reed                     550    88:05    550                    
    2  Jason Lee                      490    78:05    490
    3  Quincy & Alastair              460    88:10    460
    4  Wayne Staats                   440    92:26    500      -30      -30
    5  Erika Reed                     380    88:59    380
    6  The Skipidies                  360    87:10    360
    7  Eric Rosenzweig                360    89:30    390      -30
    8  Julie Merg, Sufi Kaur          330    78:11    330
    9  Weichun & Yunyhe               310    89:09    310
   10  Ilaria Belova, Vishal Keshav   280    84:36    280
   11  Purple Cupcake With Sprinkles  260    88:17    260
   12  Joanne & Blake Johnson         240    84:40    240
   13  Double G                       240    88:01    270      -30
   14  Team Shazam                    240    93:05    290               -40
   15  Mark, Janet, & Katie           230    90:35    240               -10
   16  Jeff, Alaine, & Tara           190    85:33    190
   17  Sorti's                        190    85:55    190
   18  Dan, Diane, & Jim              180    81:40    180
   19  Cole, Nate, Micheal, & Rohan   170    88:49    170
   20  Unknown                        170    88:50    170
   21  Kamala Schift                  170    89:53    170
   22  Josh Munic                     160    72:40    160
   23  The Lolo Locos                 150    70:50    150
   24  Moy Team                       150    83:18    150
   25  Term Zerm                      150    85:45    150
   26  Nick Corsano, Esther Heller    140    84:13    140
   27  Anne-Lise Lebreton             130    71:04    130
   28  Rishi & Tharu                  130    88:10    130
   29  Swaminathan & Maitreyi         130    88:34    130
   30  Red                             90    65:53     90
   31  Santa Clause's Hat              40    05:08    200              -160
   32  Panda                            0    96:43    100      -30      -70